Two employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation were injured after a UAV attack in the Belgorod region

In the Belgorod region, two employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations were injured during the elimination of fire after an attack by a drone (UAV) in the Borisovsky district. The agency informed about this on May 24.

"Two employees were injured while extinguishing the fire. They are in the hospital now," the department's Telegram channel says.

It is specified that rescuers left in the afternoon to eliminate the ignition of dry grass due to the impact of the UAV. A second attack was carried out while extinguishing the fire. Employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations prevented the spread of the fire towards the residential sector.

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